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Curriculum committee outlines next steps on awards, grading, AI use and tutoring; students urge GPA transparency
Summary
Committee reported work on science dissections, award criteria, class-rank discussions and summer assignment accountability; students urged numerical grade reporting and GPA visibility and the administration clarified prior high-impact tutoring targeted early readers with grant funds.
The district's curriculum committee reported several items for follow-up at the June 11 meeting, and students used the public forum to press for greater grade transparency.
Committee updates: the district will not run formal 9th-grade biology dissections this year but administrators are exploring ways to incorporate them in collaboration with teachers next year. The committee is drafting a consolidated list of planned science experiments and plans to post scholarship and book-award criteria on the district website; committee members expect a February timeline for finalizing award criteria to better inform students and families.
Grading and GPA: students and some board members advocated for recording and making available numerical percent grades and current GPAs (including weighted/non-weighted clarification) in PowerSchool. Students said percentage-based grades provide more precise information for college applications than letter ranges, and recommended clearer communication about GPA calculation and transcript reporting. Administration agreed to document the current practice and explore options.
AI and summer accountability: the committee began initial work on guidelines for the effective pedagogical use of AI tools and discussed a structured summer-assignment accountability process for honors and AP courses (completion and follow-up by late September).
High-impact tutoring: an online commenter and administrators reviewed prior high-impact tutoring efforts, which had been funded through ESSER or state grants and targeted early-grade reading support; administrators said the district will explore grant opportunities and budget options for future targeted interventions.
The committee asked the administration to present consolidated lists and recommended procedures in the coming months so policy and practice can be finalized before the next school year.
